ABSTRACT
Where Stories Take Us It’s no wonder that, after coming to autoethnography, authors feel an immediate connection, a desire to read and write and share personal stories in their research. It’s no wonder that scholars say, again and again, autoethnography is the method, the practice, the way of life for them. Neurological science teaches that stories offer us an experience that is, as far as the brain is concerned, parallel to encountering a person or an event in life (Murphy Paul, 2012). Stories also offer us something more, something remarkable: the ability to enter and engage deeply in another’s experiences, thoughts, and feelings, and in turn create a map of our futures-a theory of mind and relation-that brings us into each other’s beliefs, desires, and intentions without obscuring what makes us different from or holds us apart from others (Murphy Paul, 2012).
